ESPN and the NFL are in advanced talks that could result in the league taking an equity stake in ESPN, The Post has learned. As part of a potential agreement, Disney-owned ESPN would take control of NFL Media, which includes NFL Network, and the league would receive equity in ESPN. For the long-term viability of … Read more
“The Pat McAfee Show” on ESPN is a disaster. ESPN has spent years and years trying to disassociate itself from purely political and non-sports topics. There were memos and suspensions, all trying to keep the focus on sports. The network even updated its company mantra. The current slogan adopted by the network, which once deemed … Read more
The reason bills don’t arrive scented with perfume is because they’re bills. You could soak them in Aunt Ida’s Sweet Syrup and they’d still stink. Nothing nice about them beyond, perhaps, the word “please,” as in “please remit.” And that’s why Thursday’s lengthy dual-network announcement that YES and MSG will partner in all-their-local-sports streaming ventures … Read more
Phil Simms has been in the national TV spotlight for three decades. Ever since he was cut by the Giants after being a Pro Bowler in 1993, he has been an analyst with ESPN, NBC and CBS. Now, at 68 with his engine for the job still full, Simms is in some limbo as his … Read more
I realize some of you will be disappointed in me when I admit this, but I’m going to do it anyway. So here goes: I can’t get enough of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. I mean it. I am pleased every time a camera catches Taylor squealing with delight when her fella makes a catch … Read more
Last column of the year. Reminds me of the death row convict, when headed to the chair, asked what he wanted for his last meal. “What are you out of?” he said. So let’s try the Couch Potato Salad Closer: While there’s no end to the damage excess and greed do to sports, occasionally the … Read more
Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Costas chit-chats with Post columnist Steve Serby in a Q&A: Q: Your three all-time favorite interviews? A: Paul McCartney; Ted Williams; Marilu Henner, for reasons people will have to Google. Q: The greatest Major League Baseball team you ever watched? A: As a kid I think about the ’61 Yankees, … Read more
Two generations of New York City sports broadcasting, father and son Ian and Noah Eagle, make the call to do some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: How often do people mistake you for Noah Eagle? IAN: (Laugh). Uh, zero. I’ve been mistaken zero times. I’m too old to pass for Noah. But one … Read more
This was in the late 1970s, on my first beat — covering the New York Cosmos, at the time the most famous team in the world for its collection of world-famous, store-bought, mismatched and often discordant soccer stars. We were in Dallas to play the Tornado, best known as the team that starred Kyle Rote … Read more
I recall that day as if I’d just seen a constellation, something from outer space, something I’d never forget as I’d never see it again. This was Monday, Oct. 18, 1971. I had to look up the date but the moment remains vivid. Steelers at Chiefs. It included a play I figured would be the … Read more
Perhaps the “Jeopardy!” home audience is largely unfamiliar with the current condition of TV-delivered football. Last week The Post carried a story about a successful “Jeopardy!” contestant who was catching heat for unsportsmanlike, self-celebratory in-your-face, childish behavior. Heck, if any of them had previously watched a football telecast, college or NFL, they’d have no rooting … Read more
Dude Perfect will return as an alternative stream on Amazon Prime Video for the Jets’ Black Friday game with the Broncos, The Post has learned. Dude Perfect, which has more than 100 million social media followers for their sports and comedy performances, also will have an Amazon Prime Video stream the following Thursday, Nov. 30, … Read more
What are we doing? How has it gotten to a point that when you go to an NFL game you have to really be concerned about the idea that you might be in a fight or one may break out right next to you? Maybe this was always the case, but, like a lot of … Read more
In the NFL’s undying quest for Taylor Swift’s heart, it asked its networks — NBC, ESPN, Fox and CBS — to show promos for her upcoming movie for free, The Post has learned. ESPN and NBC acquiesced to the request and showed promos for Swift’s movie during the content portion of their pregame shows this … Read more
If the Spectrum versus ESPN battle is the Super Bowl of cable rights disputes, then Aaron Rodgers may be the one who settles it. In the fight that began late last week, ESPN has Rodgers’ Jets debut on “Monday Night Football,” which could either restore the Disney channels, including the all-sports network, to the nearly … Read more
Say, what’s on TV? From the producers of the stupid questions quiz show “Where Did You Last Leave It?” welcome to “Fat Chance,” the sports game show that punishes common sense and rewards ignorance! Our contestants, selected from an audience of imbeciles, appear ready to go, so, as Michael Kay says, “Let’s do it.” Saturday … Read more